Internship Flashcards
What’s the advantage of monofilament compared to braided suture ?
Doesn’t let bacteria going inside
Name a monofilament
Nylon
Name a braided suture
Vicryl
What is cold lameness for ?
Pain in joint, arthroses
What is warm lameness for ?
Muscular pain, ligaments
What’s «bruit de galop» in cats ?
Pathognomonic for hypertension
Hypertension in cat, primary or secondary ?
Mainly secondary to renal insufficiency or hyperthyroidism
What’s more common between a tumor or infection of the prostate ?
Infection
What’s v-lipase ?
Dif from the simple lipase, typical of pancreas and not influenced by other parameters (used for pancreatitis)
Possible solutions for renal pb ?
Mainly perfusion (48h hospit or subcutaneous several times)
Treatment for pancreatitis ?
Usually we treat the symptoms because the cause is uncertain
What’s Malassezia ?
Fungi from ears (dog)
Value of glucose for a diabetic cat
Around 3g (2-2,2g can be due to stress)
When, where and how do we find chigger/redbug/aoutat ?
Start in august, found in autumn
Between fingers and armpit
Orange dots
Impact of hyperthyroidism on behavior
Can become aggressive
Eczema treatment
Corticoid or apoquel (more expensive)
Stress treatment
Anxiolytic or pheromones
Zylkène
Anxiolytic, no risk of overdose, milk taste
Dialysis on pets
can’t do it, equivalent is liquid in abdomen for hours then take it out but too painful
Antibio for rabbits (and rodent in general)
Doxycycline and marbofloxacin
Prevomax
Anti-vomiting
Effect of Frontline on rabbit ?
Can KILL it
Redbug (aoutat) treatment
Stronghold, Frontline spray
Which anti-flee, anti-tics treatment we never give to cats ?
Adventix (NEVER !!!)
Possible treatments for glaucoma
Cosopt (dorzolamide, timolol), Xalatan (latanopros = prostaglandine analogue)
Types of cardiac problem
Intra and extracardiac
What do you check in case of cardiac murmur ?
First check kidneys and thyroid (for hypertension), then look for an intracardiac cause
At a cardiac level, what can a young cat have ?
Juvenile murmur
What’s a thrombo-emboli in cats ?
Atrium is dilated -> thrombus formation that will go through the aorta until iliac arteries -> paralysis
Anesthesia in rabbits
Don’t throw up, very fragile, no need to fast, usually done with volatile gas
What part do you use to do a hormonal test ?
Serum
What can we do when we have big areas of skin to change ?
Put perf s.c with NaCl to expand the skin, then transplant the extra skin
What’s the average hydratation with a perf
50mL/kg/24h
increase if renal pb
don’t increase if cardiac pb
How can a treated corneal ulcer can evolve ?
Will either close or stay open
What’s a keratotomy punctuated ?
With a needle, make tiny holes on the cornea to help an ulcer to close
